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LinkSource Configuration© EBSCO

LinkSource – the sophisticated, powerful link resolver LinkSource – the sophisticated, powerful link resolver from EBSCO Information Servicesfrom EBSCO Information Services

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Libraries want to provide their patrons with easy access to full text content.

Libraries are challenged with consolidating central access to all available resources.

Configuring links in every individual resource is inefficient and can be a time-consuming maintenance exercise.

The Problem

The British Library document supply service have estimated that 20% of the document requests they receive are from Institutions that already ‘own’ the material

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Link Resolver – what criteria?

What pre-determined information is there? How flexible is the service? What control (over links etc) will I have? Is there any ‘capital’ cost (hard &

software?) Can I customise the service? Is the service universal? Cost

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LinkSource Configuration© EBSCO

EhostDBs

EhostDBs

EhostEJS

EhostEJS

GoogleGoogle

ISIISI

BritishLibraryBritishLibrary GaleGale

Publishersites

Publishersites

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Many resources from many areas

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EhostDBs

EhostDBs

EhostEJS

EhostEJS

GoogleGoogle

ISIISI

BritishLibraryBritishLibrary GaleGale

Publishersites

Publishersites

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Some link to selective resources

User

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EhostDBs

EhostDBs

EhostEJS

EhostEJS

GoogleGoogle

ISIISI

BritishLibraryBritishLibrary GaleGale

Publishersites

Publishersites

ingentaingenta

Some link to selective resources

User

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EhostEJS

EhostEJS

GoogleGoogle

ISIISI

BritishLibraryBritishLibrary GaleGale

Publishersites

Publishersites

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Links inconsistent and management complex

EhostDBs

EhostDBs

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EhostDBs

EhostDBs

EhostEJS

EhostEJS

GoogleGoogle

ISIISI

BritishLibraryBritishLibrary GaleGale

Publishersites

Publishersites

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With LinkSource: More comprehensive, easier to manage

Link Source

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Referred to as an item-level linker. All resources relate back to the article of interest.

Accessed after a search in an OpenURL compliant database, and selects an item of interest from the result list or detail display.

LinkSource is…

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A search engine that simultaneously searches multiple online services.

LinkSource does not ‘search’ resources. It is configured to appropriately display links to resources based on the nature of an item, such as a citation.

LinkSource is not…

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Extended Linking

LinkSource is a logical extension of EBSCO’s SmartLinks and CustomLinks (ILS Links) technologies.

The Linksource menu of resources is easily, and centrally, configured and customized in EBSCOadmin.

LinkSource is OpenURL compliant so linking to EBSCO’s full text content is now possible from non-EBSCO products.

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The Knowledgebase

Determines how good a link resolver is: Knowledge on how to make links Knowledge how to control links Information kept up-to-date

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Knowledgebase

LinkSource was built on the ability to access validated* full text from three sources:

1. EBSCOhost databases 2. EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service 3. CrossRef

Article-level access to over 16 million full text articles from 12,000 journals from these three sources.

* LinkSource checks that both the journal and article are available for content from resources identified in items 1-3.

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Customisation options

Logo at top of LinkSource menu Which links can appear Syntax of the links Icons next to links Text of the links Hint text

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Link Sources and Targets LinkSource can link to hundreds of web-based targets. Partners with products that can link to LinkSource:

American Mathematical Society BioMed Central CAS DIALOG EBSCOhost Endeavor Ex Libris (Aleph) Fretwell Downing Gale HW Wilson Ingenta Innovative Interfaces

Institute of Physics ISI Web of Knowledge Muse Global OCLC OVID NCBI (PubMed) RLG SilverPlatter SIRSI ZPORTAL zetoc

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A Hosted Solution means:

No hardware purchase

Managed and maintained by EBSCO Publishing

Statistics captured can be merged with other EBSCOhost statistics

Uses the same EBSCOadmin account to manage

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Integration with Other EBSCO Services

EBSCOadmin acts as single point of administration for EBSCOhost and LinkSource

EJS “holdings” automatically updated Will be able to perform automatic

configuration using A-to-Z information Combined usage statistics

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Popular Link Targets

For each resource, LinkSource is configured to properly hide or show the links, based on the following ‘rules’:

Aggregated Full Text Databases OPACs Interlibrary Loan Applications Document Delivery Services Search Engines Book Suppliers Free Articles on the Web Any Web-based Resource that can be searched

or accessed via URL.

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For each resource, LinkSource is configured to properly hide or show the links, based on the following ‘rules’:

If the citation already has an available full text article.

If the citation is missing a mandatory field of content, like the ISSN.

If the journal from the citation is included as part of a pre-defined collection of titles and coverage dates.

Configuring LinkSource Targets

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Configuration Examples

Citation already has full text: Links to document delivery and interlibrary

loan services should be hidden.

Citation is missing mandatory content: Links to products like EBSCO Book Services

would be hidden unless the citation included an ISBN.

Citation includes a journal which is part of a content-based product, like JSTOR: Links to journal-based products would be

hidden if the journal was not part of a collection, or did not fall within the defined coverage dates.

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Pre-defined Collections

EBSCO provides pre-defined ‘filter’ collections of content for several hundred of the most popular full text products and packages.

Customers identify the products they subscribe to in EBSCOadmin.

EBSCO updates the content based on coverage changes on a monthly basis.

Customers that have journal-based products with unique content coverage must provide or identify the ISSNs and coverage ranges.

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Configuring LinkSource Sources

Sources must be OpenURL compliant to link to LinkSource.

The customer must contact vendors to configure non-EBSCOhost links to LinkSource.

EBSCO contacts each OpenURL compliant product vendor and works to obtain the instructions on the configuration process.

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User Advantages

Single point of access to many resources.

Exposes resources that the user may never have known existed.

Saves the patron PPV money by showing available full text which may have previously purchased.

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Customer Advantages

Economical solution for item-level linking.

Hosted service, so no hardware purchase is required.

Customers do not have to purchase the CrossRef DOI and metadata look-up service for $500.

Minimal LinkSource setup for SmartLinks and CustomLinks customers.

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LinkSource Pricing

Based on FTE for 4 year academic customers.

$1,000 discounts for each purchase:

BasicBiosis, Biological Abstracts, CINAHL, INSPEC, MLA Bibliography, PsycArticles, PsycINFO

$500 discounts for each purchase: ATLA/ATLAS package, each HW Wilson database

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Academic Customers

15,000 FTE and above=$15,000 base price ($7,000 minimum price, regardless of total discount)

10,000-14,999 FTE=$13,200 base price ($6,000 minimum price, regardless of total discount)

5,000-9,900 FTE=$11,600 base price ($6,000 minimum price, regardless of total discount)

2,000-4,999 FTE=$10,200 base price ($6,000 minimum price, regardless of total discount)

2,000 FTE and below=$9,700 base price ($6,000 minimum price, regardless of total discount)

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A Linking Overview Winter 2003

LinkSource ConfigurationLinkSource Configuration

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Pre-Defined Filter CollectionsPre-Defined Filter Collections

For products that are journal-based in nature, and the same for every customer, EBSCO provides pre-defined filter collections of the products’ ISSNs and coverage.

Over 200 collections from vendors like ProQuest and Ovid.

With involved customers, LinkSource can be configured in as little as several days or even hours.

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The LinkSource menu can be customized as follows:

1. Desired wording for the LinkSource link. A list of target resources to link to, from the LinkSource menu.

2. The link text, mouse-over text and image representing the resource.

3. For journal based collections of custom content, a comma or tab delimited text file of ISSNs as well as start and stop coverage.

4. For custom collections, or resources that are unique to a customer’s institution, the URL that should be used to link to the service.

CustomizationCustomization

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Smartlinked Full Text provides validated access to content from EBSCOhost databases, EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service and CrossRef.

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Checking on ‘Smartlinking Allowed’ will enable linking non-full text databases to EBSCOhost full text content.For customers that have a

subscription to EJS, Smartlinks will link to electronic journals by entering in the proper account information in EBSCOadmin.

Scroll to the bottom of the Basic Menu…

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When LinkSource is accessed from products other than EBSCOhost, the profile that should be used to display the LinkSource menu must be indicated.

Other resource links are configured under the ‘Advanced Settings’ option.

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‘Link Text’ refers to the words the end-user will see to identify the resource.

‘Link Icon’ is the URL location to the image that will be displayed next to the link text.

‘SeqNo’ is order in which the links will display, if content is available, on the LinkSource menu.

To see the details of the JSTOR Link, click on the Modify Button.

To modify the order in which the links display, click on the Re-Order button.

This is the Link Menu, which displays defined configuration parameters for each link.

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Many of these parameters are used to control the Link display.

URL Mask is the URL with embedded parameters, that will be used to pass a search to the product or service.

The Link Icon is the URL location of the icon located next to the link text.

Mandatory Fields are required in the citation in order to present a link to the end-user. In this case, a link to JSTOR would not show unless the citation had a SICI code.

The Link Text is the wording that the user will see on the LinkSource menu, Result List or Detail Display to describe the service.

‘Mouse-Over Text’ is the text a user will see if they hover their mouse over the link.

‘Link Icon’

‘LinkText’‘Mouse-over Text’ Check JSTOR for Article Availability

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A check box in the ‘Display New Window Field will pop up a new window, when the user follows the link.

The ‘Window Name’ is the name displayed at the top of the browser window the service is displayed in.

Window properties can control the size of the window, and whether or not it displays criteria such as scrollbars and the internet menu

New Window Pop Up

Window Name

Window Properties

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CustomLinks can display on several areas of EBSCOhost

Links can display on the Result List

Links on the Result List

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Links can display on the Detail Display

Links On the Detail Display

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Links can display on the Publication List

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Or, on the LinkSource link menu

Links on the LinkSource menu

Links can appear in any combination of the Result List, Detail Display, Publication List or LinkSource menu.

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To hide the link from the LinkSource menu, or from the display on EBSCOhost if the item has full text, check off ‘Hide Link If Full Text’.

The display of individual links can be controlled by the presence of EBSCOhost full text, or whether the journal of the citation is part of a local collection.

For example, if the article has full text, you would not want to display links to document delivery or interlibrary loan services. And for subscription services, local

collections can be used to control the display of the link only for journals which are part of the subscription’s collection, like JSTOR for example.

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The Hide Full Text and Show Link features can be used together in any combination for proper link display control.

EBSCO will provide pre-defined filter collections for over 200 products.

Customers simply select, from the list, the products that they subscribe to.

EBSCO will update the collections for coverage modifications on a monthly basis.

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LinkSource Configuration© EBSCO

To display a link to the LinkSource server is as easy as creating the proper CustomLink in the user profile.

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The customer account is now ready to support access to LinkSource from EBSCOhost.

LinkSource can also be accessed from other OpenURL compliant products, such as FirstSearch or RLG.

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To access LinkSource from other vendor products, contact the vendor individually for instruction. The URL Mask will be the same for every provider.

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A controlled trial is availableA controlled trial is available

A controlled trial is available for interested individuals that want to take a look at something immediately.

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Title Management – The A-Z List Content & Issue Management EBSCOhost EJS Licensing Management EBSCOhost

EJS Licensing & Registration Service Linking management - Link Source Content EBSCOhost Full Text database service Article location – TOC Premier Outsourcing solution for publishers –

MetaPress

Effective Electronic Resources – the issues

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Link Resolver – what criteria?

What pre-determined information is there? How flexible is the service? What control (over links etc) will I have? Is there any ‘capital’ cost (hard &

software?) Can I customise the service? Is the service universal? Cost

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LinkSource Configuration© EBSCO

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